The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1887-12-08

it n ma from the Publis- sent Under
ssrise ossra 70 Congrss - ths Capitol.
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II take the President very short time 70
really write his message. The mere manual
labor could be done before lunch any day,
becauss the document, at least the first part
Of It, Il made up Of liberal clippings and
pastings from the reports OF his Cabinet on
GERS and department chief; but the Presi-
dent has TO spend days going over these re-
ports, and sometimes whole nights are passed !
In reading over the dry figures and harder |
facts He has TO digest much that II thrown |
away 70 be able 10 intelligsntly select what IL
needed.
At the Cabinet meetings, Just before the
message ID given out, the various matters and |
recommendations are discussed, and the |
Presidents advisers thus help him in select |
ing matter which should b brought before
Congress and the country. II the President
ID fortunate in having clever secretary
and Nf. Cleveland seems 10 be eminently 20
IN this respect-that important ofiicial may
help him great deal in the laborious part
of writing the message.
For few weeks before Congress assemblies
the Presidents private library or study Is q
strangelooking place. The desk Is covered
with books curiously printed and bound.
These are the various reports from the
several departments, and consist Of what
arecalled in printing offices proofs, /" but are
cut and bound together in the style Of regu-
lar reports. When the President wishes to
select any part of the report he can cut any
page without fear of destroying the next, be-
cause II 10 only printed on one side. The
reports having been gone over. clipped and
pasted, are again prepared for inspection and
reread and again clipped. Thus BY carefully
reading and boiling Ito use newspaper
terials he wants to use. Having reviewed
the work Of the departments and
called attention to the recommenda-
tions, he then begins to work ON
the real part Of the message. As soon AZ
the pages are prepared for the printer they
are sent to the government printing Office,
where the public printer has aselect corps Of
men, who are put upon their honor. and the
copy is given ont to them. The public
printer, or the foreman in charge Of that
| particular department, usually cuts the mes
sage up into such small parts, and 10
deity distributes 1t among the compositors,
that no one man at one time il given enough
Of the copy" to allow him to gain salts
factory idea Of what public Question or sub.
iect the President Il discussine. The mattsr.
when 81 nm. 4 collected A nieht and placed
| IN the great safe under lock and Kew. proof
are carefully taken and sent oniv to the
White House. vhere the Prsa,dent revises
them and returns tham n the cara NJ the
nublic printer.
II has aIvavs ham cons;dsrad . or..A ionr.
nalistic feat to secure the ne.e..s N sdvsnca
| Enterprisine nevspaner men havf tried over
and over again n secnrs nro,S. ~ sons ide.
Of What The Pre.ident 4 n nY1,, rsnort - Com
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IL "a the docnment le.l out thro,,eh cam.
nat offIoer. ar nrom;nent men vHo nave
| heen corsul,ad ~ the Pra.;dsrt .rd 49,
| And their wav into the r.per. When
I Il 4 unusuaIlv dn,I IN Wa.h,n.ton
and Il = dime vhsn ths President
should Is q work an h,s animal
mesaaee. stories Of What IL VIII saw and
\ recommend find their vav into the Wash.
(, ineton correspondence with great diversitv.
Anvone who has followed the course n
EVENT. and has watched the develonmant of
public affairs. can verv easilv cive the neonIa
some idea Of what the Presidant will sav IN
his message. Oftentimes tbi. inform .t;on 1.
onite oorrsc4 hut n 4 ,nore Htalv th.t vh,is +
Il has been enlarred ,pon IN the nre.. q an.
near "A : verv small tam ~ a. n,es.soe
i There have onIv haen two ~ three 80.
sion. vhen The = ss..ea he. has,, s,n,s,, o,,..
rirht and publisbed bsfore q vas hand handed AT. 70
i Consrasa. Preaident Haves ~. one ~ the
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